Some movie icons end their careers with memorable achievements while others leave behind an ignoble post-script to otherwise grand works. Film historian Geno Cuddy joins “The Online Movie Show” podcast to discuss the best and worst cinematic swan songs of all time.
The episode can be heard here.
Most people remember Joe E. Brown from “Some Like It Hot,” but during the 1930s and 1940s he was one of America’s most popular funnymen. In this premiere episode of “The Online Movie Show” podcast’s sixth season, new attention is given to Joe E. Brown’s full career with guest James L. Neibaur, author of “The Joe E. Brown Films.”
If you want to get a head start on your holiday shopping for the Richard Pryor fans on your gift list, this 13-disc DVD collection should certainly bring plenty of pleasure.
BOOTLEG FILES 781: “The Second Shot Kills” (1972 fan film of the 007 franchise made by Welsh teenagers).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Getting this released commercially is a bit tricky.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Unlikely.
This week, everyone with even the faintest connection to film scholarship has been writing articles in advance of the U.S. premiere of the new James Bond film “No Time To Die.” However, there is a more intriguing 007 film that deserves attention – one that you probably never knew existed.
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October 5 is the birthday of Larry Fine, the frizzy-haired “middle” member of the Three Stooges. And while Larry was too frequently overshadowed by Moe and Curly, there is enough of Larryisms to enable the celebration of his birth.
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BOOTLEG FILES 780: “The Rula Lenska / Alberto VO5 Commercials” (series of TV commercials from the late 1970s).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: There is no perceived commercial value for a home entertainment anthology of these commercials.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Sorry, darling.
I did not plan to write another television commercial-based column, but yesterday on Twitter I read that the British actress Rula Lenska turned 74. I had not thought of Rula Lenska in ages, and for those of us who were watching television in the 1970s her name and image occupied a unique space.
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Barely acknowledged when it was first released in 1954, this low-budget noir has been pried out of obscurity in a new 4K transfer from the archival film elements.